A Re-Designed Efficient Charcoal Stove. by Mwesigwa, Lourdel

“…The Re-designed efficient charcoal cooking stove was designed and fabricated using readily available materials like clay, ball bearings, and ceramic tiles. …”
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Electrospun Gelatin/β-TCP Composite Nanofibers Enhance Osteogenic Differentiation of BMSCs and In Vivo Bone Formation by Activating Ca2+-Sensing Receptor Signaling by Xuehui Zhang, Song Meng, Ying Huang, Mingming Xu, Ying He, Hong Lin, Jianmin Han, Yuan Chai, Yan Wei, Xuliang Deng

“…Here, gelatin/β-TCP composite nanofibers were fabricated by incorporating 20 wt% β-TCP nanoparticles into electrospun gelatin nanofibers. …”
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Charge trapping in SiO2 substrate during electron beam deposition of CaF2 thin films of different thicknesses by Marina Romanova, Sergii Chertopalov, Yuri Dekhtyar, Ladislav Fekete, Ján Lančok, Michal Novotný, Petr Pokorný, Anatoli I. Popov, Hermanis Sorokins, Aleksandr Vilken

“…This rapid relaxation was attributed to a relatively high irradiation dose (about 2.5 mC) obtained during the fabrication of the 277 nm film, leading to an increased concentration of ionized F centers at the SiO2–CaF2 interface and the formation of (O2–-VA) centers upon air exposure. …”
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Anisotropic hydrogel microelectrodes for intraspinal neural recordings in vivo by Sizhe Huang, Ruobai Xiao, Shaoting Lin, Zuer Wu, Chen Lin, Geunho Jang, Eunji Hong, Shovit Gupta, Fake Lu, Bo Chen, Xinyue Liu, Atharva Sahasrabudhe, Zicong Zhang, Zhigang He, Alfred J. Crosby, Kaushal Sumaria, Tingyi Liu, Qianbin Wang, Siyuan Rao

“…We observe the reconstructed nanofillers’ axial alignment and a corresponding anisotropic impedance decrease along the direction of cyclic stretching. We fabricate fiber-shaped hydrogels into bioelectronic devices and implant them into wild-type and transgenic Thy1::ChR2-EYFP mice to record electromyographic signals from muscles in anesthetized and freely moving conditions. …”
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Citric acid vapor-assisted crosslinking of zein/PEG composite nanofiber membrane embedded with nisin by electrospinning for the cooled goose meat preservation by Lanlan Wei, Shuaijie Zhu, Guoyuan Xiong, Jingjun Li, Wangang Zhang

“…This study demonstrated the fabrication of zein/polyethylene glycol/nisin (zein/PEG/nisin) nanofiber membrane and cross-linked by citric acid vapor (zein/PEG/nisin/C). …”
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Flexible electro-hydraulic power chips by Chao Zhang, Jionghao Chen, Changyi Xu, Tairan He, Xiaolong Zhang, Junhui Zhang, Ximing Sun, Bing Xu, Yi Zhu, Huayong Yang

“…These electro-hydraulic power chips could be arbitrarily programmed through “line-plane-body” combinations of electro-hydraulic power “diode” or “triode” modules with high output density of 10.77 kPa/g and 2.15 L/min/g, and freely fabricated into the desired shapes and functions via multi-material 3D printing technique. …”
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Optimizing the growth conditions of superconducting MoSi thin films for single photon detection by Stefanie Grotowski, Lucio Zugliani, Björn Jonas, Rasmus Flaschmann, Christian Schmid, Stefan Strohauer, Fabian Wietschorke, Niklas Bruckmoser, Manuel Müller, Matthias Althammer, Rudolf Gross, Kai Müller, Jonathan Finley

“…By choosing a sufficient Si concentration and optimum deposition pressure we identify deposition conditions that ensure a homogeneous amorphous growth of the superconducting thin film. We then fabricate superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors which exhibit an unitary internal efficiency to single photons at an operational temperature of 1.2 K while simultaneously having a dark count rate below 1 Hz. …”
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Conductive supramolecular acrylate hydrogels enabled by quaternized chitosan ionic crosslinking for high-fidelity 3D printing by Lukas A. Bauman, Boxin Zhao

“…While 3D printing has enabled the fabrication of hydrogels with complex structures, high fidelity techniques (vat polymerization) that enable precisely engineered design of hydrogels require stiff structures to withstand the forces of printing. …”
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Automated Defect Detection through Flaw Grading in Non-Destructive Testing Digital X-ray Radiography by Bata Hena, Gabriel Ramos, Clemente Ibarra-Castanedo, Xavier Maldague

“…However, this method of component fabrication is very susceptible to generating manufacturing flaws, hence necessitating adequate non-destructive testing (NDT) to ascertain the fitness for use of such components. …”
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Pulsed Electromagnetic Field-Assisting Reduced Graphene Oxide-Incorporated Nanofibers for Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Dental Pulp Stem Cells by Juo Lee, Sungmin Lee, Iksong Byun, Myung Chul Lee, Jungsil Kim, Hoon Seonwoo

“…RGO-incorporated nanofibers (RGO-NFs) were fabricated via electrospinning a 10% polycaprolactone (PCL) solution with RGO concentrations varying. …”
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Study on interface structure and thermal conductivity regulation of Cu–In composite thermal interface materials by Jie Zhang, Nan Wu, Hong Guo, Zhongnan Xie, Mingmei Sun, Hui Yang, Ximin Zhang, Yulin Liu, Xinbo He

“…The CuIn phase, when continuous, exhibits higher interfacial thermal conductivity as its thickness decreases. Practical fabrication considerations show that the CuIn phase interface transitions from discontinuous to continuous at a thickness of ∼0.91 μm. …”
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Preparation and Characterization of Electrospun Gelatin Nanofibers for Use as Nonaqueous Electrolyte in Electric Double-Layer Capacitor by Ditpon Kotatha, Masaharu Hirata, Mayuko Ogino, Satoshi Uchida, Masashi Ishikawa, Tetsuya Furuike, Hiroshi Tamura

“…After testing over a range of spinning times, GES electrolytes that were produced at 25 min (GES-25) had a suitable thickness for the assembly of EDLC with the optimized tensile properties and were used to fabricate EDLC test cells with EMImBF4. These test cells were compared to those with pure EMImBF4 and a separator as an electrolyte. …”
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Effect of crack template structure morphology on electromagnetic shielding efficiency and visual performance of metal mesh optical window by Liqing Yang, Yongmao Guan, Fei Gao, Rui Wan, Pengfei Wang

“…The template used in metal mesh fabrication significantly affects the electromagnetic shielding and visual performance of these windows. …”
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Quality by Design-Based Methodology for Development of Titanate Nanotubes Specified for Pharmaceutical Applications Based on Risk Assessment and Artificial Neural Network Modeling by Ranim Saker, Géza Regdon, Krisztina Ludasi, Tamás Sovány

“…Methods: In the present work, a risk assessment-based procedure was developed and completed using ANN-based modeling to enable the design and fabrication of titanate nanotube-based drug delivery systems with desired properties, based on the critical analysis and evaluation of data collected from published articles regarding titanate nanotube preparation using the hydrothermal treatment method. …”
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Field switching of microfabricated metamagnetic FeRh MRI contrast agents by Stephen Dodd, Natalia Gudino, Oleksii Zadorozhnii, Michal Staňo, Jan Hajduček, Jon Ander Arregi, H. Douglas Morris, Vojtěch Uhlíř, Mladen Barbic, Alan P. Koretsky

“…A thin-film (200 nm) FeRh sample was fabricated and patterned into an array of progressively smaller squares with sizes ranging from 500 μm down to 1 μm. …”
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Metallurgical Processing of CoCrFeNi High-Entropy Alloy by P. Müller, A. Zadera, L. Čamek, M. Myška, V. Pernica

“…With the right combination of elements, properties can be achieved that could predispose HEAs for practical applications. In the fabrication of HEAs in previous research, pure metals have been predominantly used as the charging material. …”
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A novel ultra-high temperature ceramic composite coating prepared by high-speed laser cladding and pack cementation on Ta–W alloys for higher plasma ablation resistance above 2300... by Youjiang Zhang, Qiyao Deng, Yang Li, Pengfei He, Chuan Sun, Wengang Bu, Yue Xing, Yujun Cai, Xiubing Liang

“…First, the HSLC process was employed to fabricate a (Hf,Ta)C–Ta(W) UHTC–refractory metal composite coating that had metallurgical bonding with the Ta(W) substrate. …”
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A Wireless Power Conversion Chain With Fully On-Chip Automatic Resonance Tuning System for Biomedical Implants by Mohammad Javad Karimi, Menghe Jin, Catherine Dehollain, Alexandre Schmid

“…The proposed system is implemented and fabricated in standard 180nm CMOS technology, with a total area of 0.339 mm2, and its operation is verified. …”
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3D Printed Swordfish‐Like Wireless Millirobot by Xingcheng Ou, Yu Sheng, Jiaqi Huang, Dantong Huang, Xiaohong Li, Ran Bi, Guoliang Chen, Weijie Hu, Shuang‐Zhuang Guo

“…The robot includes a silicone‐based torso (body, abdomen, and pectoral fin) and a crescent‐shaped tail fin made from a magnetically programmable polymer embedded with neodymium‐iron‐boron (NdFeB) particles. The tail fin, fabricated by multi‐material alternating printing to achieve a gradient magnetism distribution, is controlled by an external magnetic field to mimic the rapid oscillation of a swordfish's tail, achieving a swimming speed of 0.51 BL/ s. …”
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Freezing Pressurized Water into a Standard Cylindrical Ice Sample in a Triaxial Cell by Baosheng Wang, Peixin Sun, Tingting Luo, Tao Zhang, Weihao Yang

“…Through theoretical analysis, a cylindrical water sample with precise dimensions and strong sealing was fabricated using heat shrinkable tubing, sectional end caps, and an assembly cylinder. …”
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